At 13:34 -0500 1/8/98, Bettina Pieper wrote:
>Please help, if you have any idea:
>We have a direct satellite link between Russia and Germany. One PC and
>one Router on both sides and in between the satellite. Our link should
>provide a transparent TCP/IP connection with 384 kb/s. We are using
>OS2/2.11 and IBM TCP/IP version 2.0 for data transfer. The effective
>data rate is much too low to be used for any data transfer.
What is your observed data rate?
>
>Problem: How could we get access to the TCP/IP parameters that should be
>changed? Tcpipcfg does not offer enough parameters to change.
I am not familiar with tcpipcfg. However, to "load" the 384kbps link you
need a TCP window of about 26K. You routers must allow the same amount of
data in the queue.
Do you have any information on the bit error rate on the satellite link?
Hans Kruse, Associate Professor and Director
McClure School of Communication Systems Management, Ohio University
9 S. College Street
Athens, OH 45701
614-593-4891 voice, 614-593-4889 fax, hkruse1@ohiou.edu
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